By Glenn Hall

As the headline says, our new portfolio tool makes it quick and easy to sync all of your investment accounts with related financial news and analysis from MarketWatch.

No need to enter your investments manually — just add your accounts and your securities will be imported safely and securely so you can monitor your investments and keep track of relevant market-moving news and actionable ideas from the MarketWatch team. Your accounts will be synced daily to keep everything up to date, and all of your data is locked in a secure environment and will never be shared or made public.

Most major U.S. brokerage firms are supported, so you can see all of your accounts in one place, allowing you to compare performance across portfolios and group all of your holdings by asset class so you can see the big picture.

I should mention that for added security, we’ve added a challenge question when you log in to your portfolio. If you haven’t already set up a security question on MarketWatch or WSJ.com, you will be prompted to select a question and provide the answer. If you have forgotten the answer, contact our customer service department either via the Live Help link at the top of the portfolio page or by sending an email to: productsupport@dowjones.com.

The new portfolio works alongside our Watchlist tool. So if you already set up a Watchlist, you can continue to use the service as a stand-alone feature without syncing your accounts — just hover over the Portfolio link on the right-hand side of the main navigation bar and click on “Watchlist” in the window that opens below. If you don’t want to sync your accounts, you also can manually enter securities and use the portfolio tool as a more advanced watch list.

We’ve added plenty of useful bells and whistles to our new portfolio, including the option to receive mobile-optimized email summaries to track your investment goals. Charts and graphs are automatically generated to help you visualize your investment performance across any date range you prefer. Real-time market updates are on the same page, so you don’t have to leave the portfolio to check quotes.

Best of all, it’s completely free!

And if you happen to be a Wall Street Journal subscriber, you can access the same portfolio on both MarketWatch.com and WSJ.com.

There’s much more to say about the new portfolio tool, but the best way to learn about all the features is to simply set up the account and let the tool guide you through all of the great features. Click here to get started: New portfolio.